5824-03323 — Transport Canada
The complainant requested records concerning a collision between a vessel and a seaplane. Transport Canada withheld information citing several exemptions, including conduct of investigations, personal information, third-party commercial/financial information, third-party negotiations, and accounts of deliberations. The Information Commissioner found that Transport Canada failed to justify the application of most exemptions and did not properly consider its discretion to disclose information for public interest reasons. Consequently, the Commissioner ordered Transport Canada to disclose most of the withheld information.
- Proper application of exemptions for conduct of investigations (s.16(1)(c) ATIA)
- Proper application of exemptions for personal information (s.19(1) ATIA)
- Proper application of exemptions for third-party commercial/financial information (s.20(1)(b) ATIA)
- Proper application of exemptions for third-party negotiations (s.20(1)(d) ATIA)
- Proper application of exemptions for accounts of deliberations (s.21(1)(b) ATIA)
- Institution's discretion to disclose information for public interest reasons (s.20(6) ATIA)
Complaint well founded — disclosure ordered
Transport Canada could not demonstrate that the withheld information met the requirements for the cited exemptions, nor did it properly consider its discretion to disclose information for public health, safety, or environmental reasons when applicable. The Commissioner ordered disclosure of the information.
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Transport Canada was ordered to disclose information that did not meet the requirements of the cited exemptions, and to re-assess discretion for certain third-party information based on public interest.
- s.16(1)(c) ATIA
- s.19(1) ATIA
- s.20(1)(b) ATIA
- s.20(1)(d) ATIA
- s.21(1)(b) ATIA
- s.20(6) ATIA
- s.30(1)(a) ATIA
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